Different father - different birth experience?

[LittleMissRACHEYXmasBigTits]

I have had 3 babies with my ex, I'm now 38 1/2 weeks pregnant with my 4th who has a different father. Has anyone had a totally different birth experience when they have a new father/partner IYKWIM. I don't mean things to do with dad re support in labour but things to do with baby like birth weight, presentation, being overdue, induced, speed of labour? Or is it all down to me?

For example, no-one has ever been able to explain why my risk of having a high bp this time with a new partner is the same as if I was having my first baby.

Sorry, not very articulate tonight...

Bump?

They don't know the reason for the higher risk of bp/pre eclampsia AFAIR, it's just that studies have shown that the risk is there.

2 babies, 2 fathers = very similar experience. Both labours short, babies weights very similar, overdue by over a week for both.

And although it is rare to have pre ecplamsia with the second child of a partner it can happen! I had it with both of mine, worse second time round as it happens, and they are deffinaly both fathered by dh

Rachey - glad you asked this question as I'm still wondering about the labour/birth diferences. My MW tried to explain that your body reacts to the "different" genetic material of the baby in a specific way. If you then get pg again with a new set of genes your body has to start from scratch in dealing with it & that it's harder with each new partner. I contented myself with the alternative explanation that it was merely my geriatric status that's increased my risks to everything
Be interesting to hear of any labour/birth differences though.

Hmmm .....

1st labour, very quick, 4 hours, really didn't feel anything I could describe as pain (IBS pain far far worse, no drugs at all.

2nd labour, different father, 21 hours long, felt frighteningly out of control until I had an epidural.

Whether this was down to different fathers or not I have no idea. However, subsequent labours are "supposed" to be easier usually !

Bump again!

I don't think birth experiences and different fathers would make a difference IMO. I've had 3 babies and that same father for all of them and all birth experiences have been completely different.

The only thing that might be different is the way your new partner will be in childbirth and how he copes with the whole experience. He may handle the whole child birth thing completely differently to the father or your other kids.

all my three labours were incredibly similar from the way i managed the pain to the duration of the labours and my last child has a different father so in my experience it was all down to me.